They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
17/07/1970 (GB)
Drama
2h 0m
- 76% (336 votes)
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People are the ultimate spectacle.
Overview
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
- Sydney PollackDirector
- James PoeScreenplay
- Robert E. ThompsonScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- dancing
- based on novel or book
- dance competition
- boardwalk
- marathon
- pregnant woman
- endurance
- depression era
- prize money
- dance contest
- contests and competitions
- ballroom
- assisted suicide
- santa monica, california
- depressed woman
- survival competition
- bleak
- emcee
- period film
- desperate woman
- suicide by gun
- crazy competition
- gun death
- physical competition
- santa monica pier
- dance marathon
Top Billed Cast
Jane Fonda
Gloria Beatty
Michael Sarrazin
Robert Syverton
Susannah York
Alice LeBlanc
Gig Young
Rocky Gravo
Red Buttons
Sailor
Bonnie Bedelia
Ruby Bates
Michael Conrad
Rollo
Bruce Dern
James Bates
Al Lewis
Turkey
Robert Fields
Joel
Recommendations
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The Yakuza (71%)
Udaan (72%)
